chris hamamoto is a designer and assistant professor at california college of the arts.

Exhibitions

  • 2019 OCAT (Shenzhen, China)
  • 2019 Fun Palace (Shenzhen, China)
  • 2019 Gwangju Design Biennale, Asia Culture Center (Gwanju, South Korea)
  • 2019 What about: 29th Brno International Graphic Design Biennial 2020,
  • 2019 The White (Tokyo, Japan)
  • 2019 wmdywtl?, Frans Masereel Centrum (Antwerp, Belgium)
  • 2019 Más allá del mundo, hay letras, PEANA (Monterey, Mexico)
  • 2019 POCGD Exhibit, MICA (Baltimore)
  • 2019 Double Negative, Chashama (New York)
  • 2019 Bodega ACME, General Prim 30 (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • 2018 Take Action, Hubbell Street Galleries (San Francisco)
  • 2018 transient_space, Design Manchester Festival (Manchester, England)
  • 2018 2030 Seoul ♥ ♥ Pyongyang, Seoul Design Foundation (Seoul, South Korea)
  • 2018 Printer Prosthetic: Futura, Fundación Alumnos (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • 2018 True Forms (beta), IF/THEN (Berkeley)
  • 2018 Flag Festival, tmoro projects (Santa Clara)
  • 2017 Mage, Radiator Arts (New York)
  • 2017 Typojanchi 2017: Mohm Culture Station Seoul 284 (Seoul, South Korea),
  • 2017 and 019 Gallery (Ghent, Belgium)
  • 2017 Public Square, YBCA (San Francisco)
  • 2016 An Image, Oolite Arts - formerly ArtCenter/South Florida (Florida)

Lectures, Workshops, and Guest Critic

  • Adjunct (Zoom)
  • Letterform Archive (San Francisco, USA)
  • OCAT Shenzhen (Shenzhen, China)
  • Handshake 302 (Shenzhen, China)
  • The Book Society (Seoul, South Korea)
  • Casul UNAM (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • Hongik University (Seoul, South Korea)
  • Institute Of advancing Uncertainty, (San Francisco, USA)
  • SUNY Purchase (New York, USA)
  • Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, USA)
  • Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, USA)
  • Printed Matter NY Art Book Fair (New York, USA)
  • Meiyi Art Academy (Beijing, China)
  • Meiyi Art Academy (Guangzhou, China)
  • Design Principles & Practices (Toronto, Canada)
  • Design Principles & Practices (Vancouver, Canada)

Publications

  • C Magazine
  • IDEA Magazine
  • Speculations
  • Walker Art Center: The Gradient

Awards

  • OCAT Shenzhen Artist-in-Residence
  • STA 100 (2016, 2017, 2019)
  • IF/THEN Artist in Residence
  • 2017 STA 100
  • 2016 STA 100
  • Printed Matter Emerging Artists 2016 Publication Series
  • YBCA Citizenship Fellow
  • Headlands Designer-in-Residence (2014, 2015)